There’s always the ongoing debate in regards to how to handle one’s debt – especially for business people, not salary earners. If you’re earning salary, well, obviously you shouldn’t get into too much debt. But the other breed, the business people (who make up about 5% of the population) have different ideas when it comes to the whole debt issue. Some of us purposely get into a somewhat heavy debt, and inspire ourselves to pay it off.
This is not some crazy tactic. I’ve heard of many who did this – …

Each person has 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Well, I do anyways, and if you know of a way to increase that, please let me know – I’ll pawn you my left kidney. Anyhow. I’d like to talk about ways to outsource and to leverage other people’s resources as much as you can in order to make your projects go faster and smoother.
The newest web design contract I have is a broad one that involves a custom-designed CMS (Content Management System) as well as Flash design, …

I often talk about how to manage time better in business as well as about my business ventures in Costa Rica. Last time I wrote about the importance of using statistics to the best of your advantage to make more informed decisions. Today I’d like to take it back a step to the things we learned in Kindergarten : virtues in business. I remember reading a book titled “All I needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten” and the title hits me well. It’s about the basics. Of course, I …

I used to be a junky (well, still am) for logics, figures, and statistics. I was damn talented at those things too (I scored the 78th highest score in all of Canada once for one of those really advanced math competitions), and I still like researching them. I strongly believe that a good understanding of statistics can help you with your business a lot – in both businesses online and offline.
Now, I must admit I’m still better at the offline stuff than online stuff. I know you’re going “What??? You’re …

As I am growing busier and busier with more work and more contracts on my hand, time management has become a critical thing for me in order to get things done. After my trip to Costa Rica, it was a bit hard to adjust back to the Vancouver rhythm of things, but I think I’m getting back at it. Here are some things I do to make the most of my time so that I get all my work done, and still have time for myself.
I won’t pepper you with …

Many of you have been asking what the hell I am doing in Costa Rica on this business trip of mine, and I’ve held off explaining it for a while. But as the trip is winding down to an end (I fly out of Costa Rica tomorrow, Tuesday), I would like to disclose a little bit of it.
I am working with some people who have the right connections to provide marketing, design as well as other operational assistance to recruit skilled tradespeople from Costa Rica (and in the future, other …